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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts) Mon May 28, 2012, 08:57 PM May 2012

I visited Wisconsin today...

Crossed over from Minnesota at Red Wing, drove down Highway 35 along the Mississippi to the town of Pepin. It's a beautiful drive. And an especially beautiful thing was the profusion of Barrett signs, especially in Maiden Rock and Stockholm. Some of them were handmade. There were a few Walker signs - saw a couple of those big fancy ones (which the Walker campaign is said to have paid landowners $100 just to put them up), but Barrett apparently has some fans in western WI. It was good to see those signs.

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I visited Wisconsin today... (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 OP

Thanks for visiting. That's a beautiful part of the State. Scuba May 2012 #1

best roads to drive in wisconsin.... madrchsod May 2012 #7

Hopefully Barrett will win western WI!! book_worm May 2012 #2

all i saw was stand w/ shithead around crandon, wi a week ago. pansypoo53219 May 2012 #3

dont let the lack of Barrett signs keep you from voting. There may be many more like you eowyn_of_rohan May 2012 #5

thanks for your report eowyn_of_rohan May 2012 #4

Only the farmers around here seem to still like him (SE Wisconsin by the Illinois border). Peter1x9 May 2012 #6

why do the farmers like him? CTyankee May 2012 #8

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Thanks for visiting. That's a beautiful part of the State.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 09:25 PM

May 2012

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)

7. best roads to drive in wisconsin....

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:47 PM

May 2012

i used to have a old saab that i drive through southern wisconsin. my buddy and i would go through the small towns and the girls would always wave! ah..to be young again.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)

2. Hopefully Barrett will win western WI!!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 09:35 PM

May 2012

pansypoo53219

(20,978 posts)

3. all i saw was stand w/ shithead around crandon, wi a week ago.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 09:48 PM

May 2012

no barrett signs. bootstrap country. did meet an older republican from Minn, but he was pro union + loved our protest at the get go.

eowyn_of_rohan

(5,858 posts)

5. dont let the lack of Barrett signs keep you from voting. There may be many more like you

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #3)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:59 PM

May 2012

who feel outnumbered so aren't comfortable letting their politics be known. Oh, and be sure to ask for a PAPER BALLOT on election day. Forest County hand counts paper ballots. Dont let the clerk pressure you to vote on a touchscreen machine, and tell your friends!

eowyn_of_rohan

(5,858 posts)

4. thanks for your report

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:53 PM

May 2012

Its important to know what the sentiment REALLy is all around the state.

Peter1x9

(311 posts)

6. Only the farmers around here seem to still like him (SE Wisconsin by the Illinois border).

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:18 PM

May 2012

Recall Walker signs are everywhere here in cities and even the small 2000 people towns. It's only in the rural areas that I see those big stand with Walker signs that you are talking about. I don't really see how the polls can be as close as they are, but I'm sure they'll try their hardest to "fix" things like they did in Florida.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

8. why do the farmers like him?

Reply to Peter1x9 (Reply #6)

Wed May 30, 2012, 02:11 PM

May 2012

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